Apparel-corset.



W. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.29.1914- Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

INVEA/ TOR .5 P." I I win WITNESSES WALDEMAR KOIS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1%18.

Application filedDecember 29, 1914. Serial No. 879,438.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALDEMAR Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of lew York, have invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets,,of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to apparel corsets and more particularly to the stays, bonings, or other supports embodied therein, and the manner of securing the same in position in the garment.

I-Ieretofore, in applying stays to apparel corsets, it has been customary to secure a strip of material to the corset body to provide a pocket for the stay, and then to insert a stay in the pocket, which is finally closed at its respective ends to maintain the stay in position therein. In the manufacture of the garment, this requires a different operator for each of the several steps or op erations, and thus makes the cost of production relatively h gh. Furthermore, in order to prevent the stay, at its ends, from working out or breaking through the fabric of which the garment is made, in the use of the same, the pocket containing the stay has been reinforced adjacent the ends thereof, as, for example, as shown and described in Letters Patent No. 582,748, granted May 18, 1897, to Daniel Kops, for an improvement in apparel corsets.

Now the object of my invention is to so construct a corset or other stay as to prevent the same, when placed in a garment, from working through the material of which the garment is formed, and to so apply the improved corset stay to a corset garment as to effect a saving in labor and cost of produc tion by reducing the number of operators employed for this work.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ suitable stays or boning members, singly or in multiple, and connect each stay or set of the stays so as to form a unit stay. This is done in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of a strip of fabric which extends along one side of the stays, and at its ends is folded over the extremities thereof, with its ends suitably connected to the adjacent portions of the fabric strip to form a protection to the extremities of the stays and also to secure the same in position in the stay unit. When so formed, each stay unit is then placed in. position on the garment in which it is to be incorporated, and a pocket strip placed over the same, and both these members are secured together and to the body of the corset in a single sewing or other operation, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparel corset in which my present invention is embodied.

Fig.2 is an elevation of a stay nnit made in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross section showing the relationship of the parts after the stay has been secured in position in the corset.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a stay unit in which there is a single stay member employed, and Fig. 5 is a partial elevation showing a portion of theinner side of the garment to illustrate the manner in which the pocket strip and stay memiers are secured thereto.

Referring to the drawing, lO indicates the body of the corset, which, as is customary, is made in halves, with each half at the front thereof fitted with steels, indicated at 11 and 12, having suitable clasps 13, by which the parts of the corset may be joined in front. IVhile not shown in the drawing, the rear edges of each corset body half, as is also customary, are provided with suitable eyelets, through which laces are threaded, in order to connect the parts of the corset at the rear.

In carrying out my present invention, -I employ suitable stays or bones, either singly or in multiple. As shown in Fig. 2, I have illustrated a pair of stays, indicated at 1% and 15, respectively. Each of these stays is preferably made of a suitable body or base 16, made of boning, metal, or other similar material, and provided with a cover 17, as shown in Fig. 3. Together with these stays, I employ a stay strip or binder 18. This may be made of any suitable fabric, and preferably extends the entire length of the stays on one side thereof and at their ends is folded over the same and secured to the adjacent portion of the stay strip by suitable lines of sewing. The folded over end portions of the stay strip are indicated at 19 and 20, in Fig. 2, and the lines of sewing, by which they are secured to the adjacent portions of the strip, are indicated at 21. The stay, as thus constructed, preferably comprises a stay unita In the side of the a stay unit.

With each stay unit, as hereinbefore described, I employ a pocket strip 27, in applying them to the corsetgarment, and in so doing, each stay unit is placed in position 7 on the surface, preferably the inner surface of the corset garment, and its pocket strip 27 properly placed over the same when the pocket strip, the stay unit, and the corset body are securedtogether by a single sewing operation along the lines of sewing, indicated at 28.

As will be apparent from the foregoing description, in so constructing the said units and applying them to a corset body, there will be a saving in thelabor, time, material and consequent cost of production.

7 As shown in Fig. 3, the edges of the garment, with stay units so applied, may be fitted with a binding 29, secured in position thereon by lines of sewing 30. This binding, however, is not necessary to assist in maintaining the stay in position, nor is it necessary to reinforce the garment by a line of sewing or stitches across the ends of the bone pockets, as indicated in the Letters Patent aforesaid, because, as will be readily apparent, the stays and their stay strips or binders, are fixed to the corset body and to the pocket strips or covering thereof throughout the entire length of the stays,

thus securing the stays in position in the corset garment, so that they cannot readily move therein, and consequently there is little tendency for the ends of the stays to I 60ples of this-patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. C. V V

work through the fabric comprising the body of the corset.

I claim as my invention 1. In an apparel corset a body member, a stay unit comprising a stay and a binder strip extending over the ends of the same, and a pocket strip, the said parts being secured by lines of stitching passing through the pocket strip, the binder strip, and the body of the garment. V

2. In an apparel -corset a body member, a stay unit comprising a stay and binder strip extending along one side and overvthe ends of the stay, the stay being secured-in the binder strip by lines ofsewing extending on both sides of the stay, and a pocket strip, the said parts being secured together by lines of stitching passing through the pocket strip, the binder strip, and the body of the garment. r i

3. In an apparel corset a body member, a stay unit comprising a plurality of stay members and a binder strip extending over corresponding ends of the stay members, and a pocket strip, the said parts being secured together by lines of stitching passing through the pocket strip, the binder strip, and the body of the garment.

4. In an apparel corset a body member,

a stay unit comprising a plurality of staymembers and a binder strip extending along corresponding sides of the stay members and over the ends thereof, the said stay members being secured in position in the binder strip by lines of sewing extending along the edges of the stay members, and a pocket strip, the said parts being secured together by lines of stitching which pass through the pocket strip, the binder strip, and the body member of the garment.

Signed by me this 21st day of December, 1914;.

WALDEMAR KOPS.

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